Improvement in saw-sets



TE.GnlMEs.

Saw-Sets.

Patented Oct. 7, 17873.

UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica THOMAS E. enrMEs, or FREMONT, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAW-SETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,447, dated October 7, 1873 application filed February 27,1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LI, TnoMAs E. GRn/nrs, of Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Machine for Setting or Righting Saws 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of the improved machine7 showing a circular saw adjusted in position for setting its teeth. Fig. 2 is a top view of the machine, showing a circular saw adjusted thereon.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

rlhis invention relates to machines for setting saw-teeth accurately; and has for its object the adaptability of the machine to saws of different sizes, by the employment of a vertically-adjustable centering-cone, in combination with adjustable auxiliary supports for different saws, as will be hereinafter explained.

The following description of my invention will enable others skilled in the art to understand it.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the standard of the machine, the base of which may be secured down to an established object in any suitable manner. Thisstandard has rising from it a portion, a, on which is formed horizontal and inclined anvil-faces b b', the inclined portion, b', of which is at the required angle with respect to the horizontal portion, b, to give the set to the saw-teeth. IO the standard A is permanently secured a vertically-slotted horizontal arm, B, through which passes vertically a screwthreaded post, c, that is adjustably secured to the slotted arm B by means of nuts el el. By loosening the nuts d cl the post c can loe moved nearer to, or farther from, the anvil portion a for saws of dierent diameters. On the post c is applied a conical frustum, C, which can be adjusted vertically by means of two nuts, a n/ one above it, and the other below it-and secured at any desired height above the arm B. D represents a horizontal V-shaped rest, which is secured upon the upper end of a vertical post, D', which post passes through the slotted arm, and is adjustably secured to it by means of nuts e c1. This rest D is provided with a screw, e2, which affords an upward bearing for the saw when adjusted in position for setting. Between the posts cD/ are two saw-supports, G G, which present convex upper surfaces, and are secured to a horizontal slotted bar, fi, on opposite sides of the arm B, by means of nuts g. The slotted bar al lies transversely across the arm B; and is secured, at the middle of its length, to this arm by means of a bolt, h, and nut gas shown in Fig. l.

It will be seen from the above description that, when a saw is adjusted in the machine, it has live points of support, to wit: The anvil-face b, the conical frustum C, the two lateral rests G Gr, and the screw e2. The diameter of a saw to be set being known, the conical frustum is adjusted at the proper distance from the anvil b', and then adjusted up or down until its axis will exactly coincide with the axis of the saw when the edge surrounding the eye of the latter rests upon the cone. The rests G Gr and the screw c2 are then adjusted up or down, as the case may require, until they impinge against the saw.

The rests G G are adjustable laterally, so that they can be set at any required distance apart, according to the diameter of the saw to be set. The rest D, with its screw c2, can be adjusted and set at any required distance from the anvils or cone. The cone C serves as a centering-rest for saws of different sizes, and for saws having eyes differing in diameter; and it is around the axis of this cone that the saws are moved during the operation of setting their teeth on the anvil.

The machine herein described is not provided with a setting-plungeryas the teeth can be set by a hand-hammer; but I reserve the right to employ such a plunger, if desired.

For righting straight saws, the cone maybe removed from the arm B; or adjusted down far enough to be out of the way.

Having described myinvention,WhatIc1aiIn 2. The combination of the anvil A, cone C, as new7 and desire to secure by Letters Patand the auxiliary rests, the Whole constructed ent, is- A and operating substantially as described.

1. The combination of the adjustable rest THOMAS E. GRIMES. D with its screw e2, the adjustable rests G G, Witnesses: and the anvil-faces b b,substantia11y as de- F. I. NORTON,

scribed. J. R. BARTLETT. 

